James Reese Europe’s Harlem Hellfighters brought big band music from NYC to Europe
February 9, 2025 · ArticlesWhile most historians have focused on New Orleans as the birthplace of jazz, big band music was also developing in other large cities such as Chicago and New York. As early as 1905 the sounds of the modern jazz band were heard on stage in New York, with saxophones, brass instruments, drums and string instruments.